Cancer dominates PFAS conversations — science points elsewhere

By Jessica Waters | Dalton Daily Citizen | June 11, 2026

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"Chances are, you have a neighbor or friend with cancer. Chances are, someone has said it might be from those forever chemicals. You may have sat in a town hall meeting and heard Erin Brockovich say you have good reason to be scared. Or you may have already put it to the test — your water, your soil, your very own body — and been told your numbers are hundreds or thousands of times higher than what the EPA now calls safe.

The fear in the Dalton-Whitfield community is real. Every major scientific source takes PFAS exposure seriously.

As research continues, some questions have yielded clearer answers than others, leaving a great deal of fear living in the space between what science can conclusively determine and what scientists say they cannot yet explain."

Topics:

• ChemicalsPFAS
• Affected community
• Health
• Measurement Techniques
• Monitoring Data
• PFAS Uses